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00:00Onto the second week of La Vuelta 24, Sunday's demonstration from Adam Yates showed that
00:06the race is still very open and that Ben O'Connor will have to have eyes everywhere as he defends
00:11his red jersey.
00:12There are climbs to tackle practically every day until we get to Madrid, so it promises
00:17to be intense.
00:18Every time you reach the second week of a Grand Tour it's like the start of a new race.
00:25Every day we could potentially have a GC battle and an opportunity for the breakaway.
00:29Today is a good one for the break with a tricky climb at the start and a tricky climb at the
00:33end.
00:34It will be very tough but also very tactical.
00:39O'Connor leads by nearly four minutes and looks solid on Sunday.
00:43The Australian is just taking every stage as it comes.
00:46We've got a tricky day today, so I'm just excited to get the racing done, tick each
00:52day off as it comes and see how long this story can last.
00:57What would be the ideal scenario of today's stage for you?
01:02Ideally no-one in the top ten getting too far in front in the breakaway and that's about
01:08it to be honest.
01:10Primoz Roglic remains O'Connor's biggest threat, but the Slovenian still has a lot of work
01:14to do.
01:15It's just tough from now on, pretty much every stage.
01:19We have to be there, we have to race it and obviously you need good legs to be there at
01:25the end.
01:26How is your back?
01:27Good.
01:28I mean, when I'm resting or doing nothing, really good.
01:32Visma-Lisebaek have had success so far with Wout van Aert, but Sepp Kuss is trailing by
01:36more than eight minutes overall.
01:40Probably every stage is a stage for Wout van Aert.
01:44It can be still a stage for Sepp Kuss and it can also be a stage for someone else.
01:49What is the best possible result for Sepp on GC?
01:52We have to see if he can go in the breakaway like Adam did or how Richard Carapaz did and
01:59then jumping a few places up.
02:01For sure top ten is available for him.
02:08La Vuelta resumes in Galicia with a punchy outing of 160k between Pontiarius and Bayona.
02:15The early Alta de Fonfria could help a breakaway to form before a succession of three climbs
02:20later in the stage.
02:21The final hike up the Alta de Mugas is 10km at 6% before a downhill sweep to the finish
02:27line.
02:38There was a lively start to the day's action with lots of riders trying but failing to
02:43establish an early breakaway.
02:45Even on the first climb it all kept coming back together and the relentless pace saw
02:49lots of riders going backwards.
02:54One man was clearly on a mission though and that was Wout van Aert.
02:58After a host of attempts the Belgian got a small gap with Marc Soler and William Junier
03:02Le Serre.
03:03They reached the summit a few seconds clear of the peloton.
03:08Two more men joined them after countering from the bunch, Quentin Pache and Joeri Holman.
03:13The average speed and eye-watering 44kmh in spite of the climb.
03:18The peloton were still close to the leaders though and the attacks just kept coming.
03:28The five leaders were still within striking distance when Alessandro De Marchi made his
03:32move but the Italian found himself unable to bridge the gap.
03:36At the same time the GC teams decided they were finally happy with this move and they
03:41shut things down so the gap quickly yawned out to more than five minutes.
03:46The Catalan AG2R now hitting the front for O'Connor.
03:50Everyone meanwhile seemed happier with the weather.
03:53After battling through the heat of Andalusia and temperatures of over 35 degrees it was
03:57around 24 degrees today in Galicia.
04:07The peloton easing off again as the gap crept up to over six minutes on the Alto de Villachan,
04:12the five escapees set to battle for the stage honours.
04:16They certainly posed no threat on GC with the highest place rider Pache some 34 minutes
04:21down on O'Connor.
04:23Red Bull bore a Hansgrohe briefly driving the peloton with Lennart van Eert felt in
04:27a bit of trouble but the young Belgian did manage to scramble his way back.
04:32There wasn't much to report on the next climb and the leaders were soon approaching
04:39the intermediate sprint.
04:41Van Aert was obviously targeting the 20 points for the green jersey but he was also starting
04:45to think about the stage win as well.
04:49Wout van Aert wants to try and take the 20 points here by a clear margin.
04:57Well this is a bit of a sneaky move from Wout van Aert.
05:00Everyone just expected him to go for the intermediate sprint into Abaroca and take the 20 points
05:05available towards that green jersey that he has on his shoulders.
05:09He extends his lead, he's now got 223 points in that green jersey classification.
05:16Only Pache had enough power to follow van Aert onto the final climb.
05:20Solaire and Le Serre fighting to close the gap with Holman dropping back once the road
05:24began to rise.
05:27While van Aert and Pache were collaborating nicely that wasn't really the case for Solaire
05:31and Le Serre.
05:32The young Belgian ended up attacking the Spaniard and going solo but it didn't look like he
05:37would have the legs to catch the two leaders.
05:40Apart from one minor acceleration from EF Education Easypost it was quiet back in the
05:44peloton.
05:45Victory here was going to van Aert or Pache with the Belgian the clear favourite.
05:50They were soon over the climb and descending into Bayona.
05:54Solaire and Holman would catch Le Serre and fight for the minor places but all eyes were
05:58on van Aert versus Pache.
06:04Constantin Pache is being forced to lead it out.
06:07He wanted to try something from a long, long way.
06:10He seems confident in his abilities.
06:12He's going to hold the right hand side of the road but immediately with a big acceleration
06:16it's Wout van Aert who comes into Bayona.
06:20One bike length opens up to two and Wout van Aert is going to make it three victories
06:25in this year's Vuelta a España.
06:2712 Grand Tour stages to his Palmares and after 134 kilometres in the breakaway it's
06:34Wout van Aert who wins for Visma-Lisebike.
06:39Van Aert completing his hat-trick at this Vuelta with his family watching on, the 29-year-olds
06:44looking on supreme form as he builds towards the World Championships next month.
06:48These performances are reminiscent of his previous showings at the Tour de France, notably
06:52in 2021 and 22.
06:55He is now just one shy of 50 career victories and will no doubt have opportunities to hit
07:00that milestone between now and Madrid.
07:02Attila Valter this morning said any stage is a Wout van Aert stage.
07:09That's a bit exaggerated I would say but it's nice in a race like this that you have a versatile
07:17profile and when I end up in a situation like this I always have a chance and it's
07:26a very cool victory.
07:31Van Aert easily seeing off Pache to take his fifth win of the season.
07:35Soler led in the chases at two minutes and one second with the peloton at five minutes
07:40thirty-one.
07:45No changes at the top of the GC with O'Connor still three minutes fifty-three clear of Roglic.
07:50Giulio Ciccone abandoned due to a knee injury sustained in a crash on the weekend.
07:56With a maximum haul of 40 points today, van Aert now has a big lead in green.
08:00He is 81 clear of Caden Groves with no flat sprint stages remaining.
08:06Adam Yates nearly lost a polka dot jersey today to van Aert.
08:09They're level on points but Yates remains ahead because he's been over bigger climbs.
08:15And Florian Lippovitz is still our best young rider ahead of Carlos Rodriguez and Matias
08:20Schielmosa.
08:23Tomorrow's stage is another unpredictable one with four climbs including a steep final
08:28hike that could see some GC action or perhaps another win for van Aert.
08:32Join us for that on Wednesday and thanks for watching.